The Congo vs Lesotho: Economic Indicators Comparison

The Congo with a GDP of $11.3B ranked the 141st largest economy in the world, while Lesotho ranked 169th with $2.7B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the Congo and Lesotho ranked 157th vs 143rd and 143rd vs 165th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatCongoLesotho
GDP$11.3B$2.7B
GDP growth, 1 year0.8%1.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average0.9%1.7%
Population5.3M2.2M
GDP per capita$2.1k$1.3k
GDP per capita growth-1.55%0.33%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor210.645.35
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.380.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$6.8k$3.4k
GNI, Atlas method$8.6B$2.9B
GNI per capita$1.6k$1.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted$26.5B$7.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$5.1k$3.7k

Financial system and Human development

StatCongoLesotho
Income Tax Rate45%35%
Corporate Tax Rate34%25%
Inflation, consumer prices1.2%5.2%
Inflation, GDP deflator22.2%4.4%
Unemployment10.4%23.6%
Economic Freedom Index41.854.5
Personal Freedom Index6.416.12
Human Freedom Index5.556.16
Property Rights Index40.745.2
Judical Effectiveness Index3047
Business Freedom Index37.552.8
Fiscal Health Index0.660.3
Labor Freedom Index35.358.8
Investment Freedom Index4555
Financial Freedom Index3040
Trade Freedom Index56.882.2
Monetary Freedom Index83.275.7
Government Spending Index56.234.4
Tax Burden Index63.373
Government Integrity Index23.129.6
Corruption Perceptions Index1941
Life expectancy at birth, years6452.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people5.921.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people27.428.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people9.341.3
International tourism, number of arrivals156k1.2M

Government debt & reserves

StatCongoLesotho
Central government debt, % of GDP98.5%39%
External debt stocks, % of GNI51.1%29.2%
External debt stocks$5.1B$914.8M
Short-term debt, % of total reserves71.9%0.1%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income3.2%3.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-40.4%8.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP-4.4%18.1%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP18.2%22%
Total reserves including gold$423.6M$728.5M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$4.3B$39.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatCongoLesotho
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP98.9%43.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP56%84.2%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$3.6B-$4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP23.3%33.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$81.4M$133M
Personal remittances received$7.7M$629.4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP52.9%35.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP7.1%6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$3.8M$3.3M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$1.6M$219k
Expense, % of GDP20.1%35.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP38.2%46.8%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Congo vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Angola
$3.4k
29.8M
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M

Lesotho vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M